Tamil Nadu Timeline

Velupillai Prabhakaran

4 events, 1987 to 2009; 1 marked as turning points.

  1. 1987

    1. 29 Jul 1987ColomboDiplomacy

      Indo-Sri Lanka Accord signed

      An accord between India and Sri Lanka on the Tamil issue led to the dispatch of the Indian Peace Keeping Force to the island.

  2. 1991

    1. 21 May 1991SriperumbudurConflict

      Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur

      Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed by an LTTE suicide bomber at an election rally in Sriperumbudur.

  3. 1998

    1. 28 Jan 1998PoonamalleeLaw Justice

      TADA court sentences 26 to death in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

      A designated TADA court at Poonamallee sentenced all 26 accused on trial to death for the conspiracy to assassinate Rajiv Gandhi.

  4. 2009

    1. 18 May 2009MullaitivuConflict

      End of the Sri Lankan civil war

      The Sri Lankan army defeated the LTTE, ending a 26-year war that had deeply affected Tamil Nadu's politics.